We The People...
Texas Law Related Education
Essential Questions for Economics Unit
1. What is the difference in earning, spending, saving and donating money?
2. What is the advantage of spending wisely and saving money?
3. Do I need a budget?
4. What keeps businesses from producing things that consumers don’t want or need?
5. Can businesses set any price they want for goods and services?
6. Who are some entrepreneurs that have met a need or a want in his/her community?
2. What is the advantage of spending wisely and saving money?
3. Do I need a budget?
4. What keeps businesses from producing things that consumers don’t want or need?
5. Can businesses set any price they want for goods and services?
6. Who are some entrepreneurs that have met a need or a want in his/her community?
Famous Entrepreneurs
We are learning about the following people:
Gates
Ash
Amos
Ford
Walton
Hershey
Ford
Students are researching the person's contributions and presenting to the class.
Skits need to be 5-10 mins with a script, all members have a speaking part - plot needs to focus on the what the person did for the economy
Poem or song- Can be different types of poetry (narrative, free verse, lyrical, or humorous) with rhyming patterns, at least 3 stanzas, include similes or metaphors - Must be about the person's life and how they helped the economy
Posters/Google slides - must include text features, such as title, subtitles, a table of contents, etc no more than 10 slides picture limit of 5
Newspaper article - Write an article as if you were interviewing the famous person - Must have text features such as headline, byline, placeline, lead, facts, Quotes and body paragraphs, can include a picture. Can be hand written (neatly), talk to ee if you want to type it.
Audience will grade the presentations with a rubric based on type of presentation.
We will be presenting the projects Next week!
All presentations need to include a bio of the person, how they contributed to the economy, how life would be like without their contributions.
Gates
Ash
Amos
Ford
Walton
Hershey
Ford
Students are researching the person's contributions and presenting to the class.
Skits need to be 5-10 mins with a script, all members have a speaking part - plot needs to focus on the what the person did for the economy
Poem or song- Can be different types of poetry (narrative, free verse, lyrical, or humorous) with rhyming patterns, at least 3 stanzas, include similes or metaphors - Must be about the person's life and how they helped the economy
Posters/Google slides - must include text features, such as title, subtitles, a table of contents, etc no more than 10 slides picture limit of 5
Newspaper article - Write an article as if you were interviewing the famous person - Must have text features such as headline, byline, placeline, lead, facts, Quotes and body paragraphs, can include a picture. Can be hand written (neatly), talk to ee if you want to type it.
Audience will grade the presentations with a rubric based on type of presentation.
We will be presenting the projects Next week!
All presentations need to include a bio of the person, how they contributed to the economy, how life would be like without their contributions.